By Ishani

© 1998 by Ishani. No copies may be made without permission of the author. Please email the author to obtain permission.

Late one evening I found myself, as I am occasionally wont to do, embarking on a voyage to Nostalgia City. The drive was rather long but a pleasant one as I gazed at the falling leaves along David Cassidy Boulevard, which as you may know, becomes Shaun Cassidy Avenue just past the old bridge. Soon I was meandering up Leif Garrett Way and down Donny Osmond Drive until I eventually found myself at the Menudo Pedestrian Mall at the south end of The New Kids On The Block.

I was stopped in the left turn lane, humming a little ditty and waiting for the light to change when I spotted Bobby Sherman a short distance ahead. He was "Waiting At The Bus Stop" with "Jennifer" but it was clear from his far off expression that he was still trying to figure out a way to ask "Julie Do You Love Me?" Everyone who knew him knew he was still hoping they would be "Getting Together". If they don't, and I'm not even sure that they should, he probably "Blame It On The Pony Express".

I can just hear him now:

"It's been awhile since you left St.Joe

And still I tell myself

You gotta feel the same way

I'll get a letter very soon I know

So I call in each day

To ask about the relay

And they say . . . .

'There's nothing I can do

If it don't come through

Blame it on the Pony Express

There's nothing I can say

If it goes astray

Blame it on the Pony Express'

I only pray that the long delay

Doesn't mean I've lost

The heart I had a claim on

But if it stays on a homeward trail

I know there's gonna be

A letter with my name on

How can I go on?

Cherokee, Pawnee, any old Indian

It's such a long way

From St. Joe to Sacramento

I'm trying not to worry

But my heart is in a hurry

So ride just as fast as you can!

'Well, there's nothing I can do

If it don't come through

Just blame it on the Pony Express

I said there's nothing I can say

If it goes astray

Why don't I blame it on the Pony Express?

I'm gonna blame it on the Pony Express!"

*****

Yeah, that's what Bobby would say alright. It's sad really. . . .

Author's Notes:

"Blame It On The Pony Express" was a song written by Tony Macauley, Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway. It was recorded by Bobby Sherman as part of the 1971 Metromedia Records album "Getting Together" which also includes the songs "getting Together", "Jennifer" & "Waiting At The Bus Stop".

"Julie Do You Love Me" was another, earlier hit by this singer/actor.